Exiled in Texas

It's a slight technicality but a substitute cannot take a throw-in until they have stepped onto the pitch to be officially become a player in the game.....but all he has to do is sub-in, step onto the field and then step off to take the throw-in.

But he didn't mention makemdom or magdor this time.

Hello! Ticket Office? You gotta get me a new seat....the guy next to me is sitting in my seat, his seat and the guy next doors seat...

So what's the deal behind moving the flames from the crest to the back of the jersey. Is that the first step in removing the flames from the Club crest so that in a year or two they can move on with the Liverbird crest and drop the 96 flames? Perhaps their owners are figuring out that their brand is being tarnished by this constant whining.

Classic Mack-Tracking

Liverpool fans f***** off pretty quickly. Their end was empty by the time the teams went up for the medals/cup

Yewrup!!

Sir Ricky??? Is that you? Have you left the bastion of Mackemdom to journey south into the belly of Thatcherite Britain??

In MLS soccer, the Dallas Burn renamed to FC Dallas. Much better name. And Kansas City Wizards renamed to Sporting Kansas City....nice try but still not quite right.

Ahhh, commonnnn, had a busy week at work, sitting in the sunshine, nice black jacket on, getting all warm and cozy. No one will notice if I take a quick nap.

The still image looks to be 90-95% over but not 100%. But you're saying that it "clearly" didn't cross the line which to me would be in the 10-20% range. In the picture it looks like 10% more of the ball would make this a goal, but 10% further on a "clearly not" position isn't a goal. It was a lot closer than it looked

Bullshit. He'd have to be handing that brown envelope back to Abramovich. I can't speak for Martin Atkinson but when I referee all I care about is getting the decisions right. I don't care who wins or looses, I only want to be 100% right and I would take all the tools available that i could.

I agree that the ball is not completely over the line, but it's a heck of a lot closer than the initial comments that the ball hadn't even touched the line at all

What if Bale stops to claim for the Penalty....or if he decides to NOT score to take the Penalty/Red card?? Does that still mean that the opportunity was denied? I'd argue that was him not using the advantage and wouldn't pull it back (remember he has five/six seconds according to the law), tough call though! For sure....glad it wasn't me

And that's pretty much Martin Atkinson's view from his position. Looks much more like a goal from there than the replays showed.

What if Bale stops to claim for the Penalty....or if he decides to NOT score to take the Penalty/Red card?? Does that still mean that the opportunity was denied?

He did deny a DOGSO, he stopped Adebayor from scoring, the ball rolling to Bale was advantage being played. The issue is whether Cech should get a yellow or red card for the intial foul, for me as a goal was scored from the advantage, it should be Yellow. Goal scored....so no denial of the opportunity. Those are the laws of the game. Now, I do agree with you on giving Czech a yellow, but the Laws don't allow for it unless you are saying that Czechs challenge was reckless.

Agree....you wonder if Spurs wish that they could have said no thanks, I'll take the Red card/penalty and take my chance. But then again, you would look really stupid if your did and then had the new keeper save the Penalty. As the the goal line goal.....the AR was completely blocked off by the defender on the post (and the mass of humanity on the goal line) so it was down to the referee. He "thought" he had seen enough to give the goal....he though wrong. Guaranteed that he was wishing he could have called the video replay judge for a second opinion.

In this instance the referee was right (although it doesn't quite feel right). Czech was in danger of being sent off for DOGSO - Denying an Obvious Goal Scoring Opportunity. A soon as the ball rolled to Bale and he scored, the goal scoring opportunity was not denied because they scored. So no Red card can be given for DOGSO. Next question...was the Czech challenge worth a Yellow card. The referee will ask himself was the challenge Careless, Reckless or Violent. Careless means its a foul, reckless means a yellow and violent is red. The challenge was cqareless but not reckless or violent so hence no card. Strange situation to be so close to a Red card and yet no cards applied.

Referees are trained/told not to engage in arguments. You state the position and that's the end....no further discussion. Nothing good came come from participating in a discussion here the players disagree with your decision. It's not like the referee can say....you're right...let me have another look at it. I guarantee that Martin Atkinson wishes that he could call that in to the video judge, but he can't so he has to make a decision.

League competition is split in to two short competitions of 19 games (Apertura & Clausura) Continental qualification is gained by a joint table of both halves + league winners Relegation is over done over on average points per game over taken over 3 years (6 short championships) Nowt like keeping it simple. is there any reason for this format? Yes, the idea was to use the three year average of point per game to stop the big name teams (Boca and River) from being relegated if they they had an off season. It worked perfectly until this season when River Plate were relegated.

Or if Sunlun won it

He was the first Million Pound player and won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest. Isn't he now a commentator for the Fox Sports US Feeds? Get well Trevor

Just as long as he brings his Cheesy (chip) Grin avatar of Sbragia - you have to read his posts while looking at the cheesy grin to get the full effect. But I do love the Bard of Mackemdom poetic turn of phrase!!

It doesn't really matter what the shirt looks like.....as long as we play well in it then the shirt is loved. Custard Creme/P*** Puss shirt - hated when released....team played well....shirt becomes loved Current home shirt - hated when released.....team played well.....shirt becomes loved. rinse and repeat